Maplin Voice Vandal

[Circuitbenders]

Has anyone ever actually owned a maplins Voice Vandal? If i recall correctly they were some kind of voice processing kit you could buy from Maplins electronics about 10 years ago. i always meant to buy one but never got around to it.

What exactly do they do?

I know both Fluke and Underworld used to use them and i have a feeling that it produced the strange pitch dropping flange effect on the vocals at the start of 'Bullet' by Fluke, the first track on the OTO album.

Can anyone shed any light on these things? They come up every now and then on ebay but i haven't seen one recently. Anyone want to sell one?

[Signal:Noise]

That sounds utterly cool, even if i have no idea what it does.

[voodoolikeudoo]

One of these just went on ebay for £43

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250019930576

i seem to recall the kits cost £15 or so from maplins about 10 years back

[george lazenbleep]

NOT the same
but i got 1 of these
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=47493&doy=3m9&C=SEO&U=strat15
from craplin, sounds crunchy with line out, tweakable, but mine flys straight
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[rusty sheriff]

NOT the same
but i got 1 of these
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=47493&doy=3m9&C=SEO&U=strat15
from craplin, sounds crunchy with line out, tweakable, but mine flys straight
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Yeah I've got one of those too! Mine's staying unbent too!

This one is good too...



Science museum 'storker-me-tron'. Allows you to listen to far away stuff... Great for vocal takes.

[Circuitbenders]

Science museum 'storker-me-tron'. Allows you to listen to far away stuff... Great for vocal takes.

But with an unfortunate side effect of looking remarkably camp

[matt the modulator]

hi paul ive got a maplin voice vandal and the original schematics for it which i can scan and send you if you wish

its a digital delay with 256k memory with built in robot voice changer (i think it uses a nand gate chip to do this) with 4 selectable frequencies (you can select combanations as well) it was sold as a kit which you put togther

i have opened it up and could not find any desent bends on the ram chip i was pritty gutted but then its a realy  realy crazy bit of kit any way well worth having for a moderate price ide say mine has a earth problem which could be due to the actuall design as i have not found any real solder faults hope this helps matt newlove
www.magicmess.co.uk

[Circuitbenders]

if you could post the schematic or email it to me that would be very cool.

I'm so annoyed i didn't buy one when they were selling off the last batch in Maplins a couple of years back.

[matt the modulator]

hi ile email you the schematics in mid january as iam away at the minute merry christmas and have a good new year all

[Circuitbenders]

OK, thanks to matt i have have uploaded the voice vandal documentation. Its got the parts list, construction guide and they have even kindly given you a PCB layout diagram so you can print it off and etch your own board if you have the facilities. i may have to have a go at building one.

http://www.mediafire.com/?a9dgz3gzxje

[wiredtoygeek]

Hey all!

Is the voice vandal a kids megaphone with different sound settings?

Rich

[Circuitbenders]

I think its a bit more interesting than that. From looking at the documentation it seems to have distortion, 'chopper' and echo / delay effects.